Look around you! Glass is everywhere: the mirror where you brush your teeth in the morning, the test tube in your science class, and your cup of juice on the di

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A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and lan

"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--

Hunter Bell, a minister turned gambler, rescues Quaye McGandley from a blizzard and nurses her back to health in his Utah cabin.